Henry Harland (politician) explained

Henry Peirson Harland
Constituency Mp:Belfast East
Term Start:8 February 1940
Term End:15 June 1945
Predecessor:Herbert Dixon
Successor:Thomas Loftus Cole
Birth Date:1 September 1876
Birth Place:Uxbridge, England
Death Place:Aldenham, England
Nationality:British
Party:Ulster Unionist Party

Henry Peirson Harland (1 September 1876 – 11 August 1945) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Uxbridge, Harland studied at Rugby School before being appointed as a director or Harland and Wolff, and of Short and Harland. He worked as an engineer worldwide before winning the Belfast East by-election in 1940 for the Ulster Unionist Party. Despite holding a seat in Northern Ireland, he lived in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He died shortly before the 1945 general election.[1]

Notes and References

  1. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.183